X-Wing Blue Squadron Repaint

With the debut of X-Wing 2.0, the time seems right to share my first repaint of the titular starfighter.

I'm afraid I lost my WIP shots with my old computer, so this is a little more of a show and tell post.

 

Although far from my favorite Star Wars film, Rogue One did resonate with me on a lot of levels (I think it was my own hopes for a space heist film a la Firefly that let me down the most). One of the things I did was love Blue Squadron.

My repaint is a bit of a cheat, as I did not strip the prepainted FFG model. Instead, I lightly primed with a dusting of white spray primer and then went to town.

I had a serious advantage over modellers in the past this time. Since we now have streaming video, i was able to call up Rogue One on Netflix on my computer and freeze and screen cap to get a good look at the on-screen ships.

 

I painted my T-65 as Blue Leader, though he has no officals rules as of now. I've been playing him as Garven Dreis (Red Leader) as his pilot ability makes for a decent generic unit leader type role.